Delaware flounder question?

**dlsquirrely** · 08-31-2005, 04:32 AM

can anyone tell me the limit for flounder in Delaware? I'm thinkin its 4 per person at 17''? Plan on going with a friend tuesday and fishing at the c-bouy...he claims its been some good flounder caught in that area recently...anyone know? any hot tips? will anyone even see this post?[shy]

**Posse** · 08-31-2005, 06:26 AM

Limits are 17 1/2", and 4 a day. Plenty of flounder in the anchorage right now, but about 20 throwbacks to 1 keeper. I was out there yesterday and caught 25 with no keepers. Then again things change everyday it seems out there so maybe you'll get some nice ones. Good luck.

**dlsquirrely** · 08-31-2005, 06:54 AM

thanks for the reply! any tips on what the hot baits are? seems alot are using pink flies w/about 6 to 8in strips of squid....seems like alot of squid

**Posse** · 08-31-2005, 07:07 AM

Well I think they are useing the bigger strips to try to get bigger flounder. What happened yesterday was the bigger pieces would get nipped off in back off the hook from the smaller ones. Also it is loaded with small sea bass. We caught about 30 or so with the biggest being 11". Alot were only 6-8" . Perfect size to make it hard to fish for flounder. Great bait stealers.

**BigWillJ** · 08-31-2005, 07:45 AM

In the DeBay last week, we used bucktail hair teasers in a variety of colors, with minnies, squid and cut bait, to entice only three keeper flounder out of about forty flounder caught. Many fat croaker still around, and also sea robins, sea bass, a few small sharks, and one huge stargazer. The biggest flounder (25") was caught using a yellow and white hair teaser, tied with red thread, and only a minnow attached. Hope this helps.

Yeauhp, this board is slow. Seems DeBay anglers are notorious for keeping info close to the vest. Others that are willing to share will occasionally post DeBay reports on the ChesBay original board, where the readership is higher.

**dlsquirrely** · 08-31-2005, 08:53 AM

any advice should help...thanks much!

**elbo** · 08-31-2005, 11:44 AM

Fish right on the artificial reefs in the lower bay with big strip baits. Nothing fancy because you will lose rigs. Sunday 2 guys 8 fish smallest 3.5 and largest around 7 pounds, with few throwbacks and no trash fish.

**dlsquirrely** · 08-31-2005, 01:39 PM

Thanks Elbo...sounds promising! I,m fishing with a work buddy on his boat and he has been in the mid bay region several times this year for rock fish, not sure if he is very familiar with the lower bay or not...he may be but is there a public ramp to access that area? he was talking the Delaware bay for Tuesday on rumors of big flounder caught arround the c-bouy but sounds like many throwbacks per keeper. Any idea what the rock fish bite is in that area? and I,m thinkin that the croakers should be there also...or not?.

**elbo** · 08-31-2005, 02:02 PM

Only rock would be around structure, at night or low light conditions. There a many taken at Indian River Inlet on artificials.

**Posse** · 08-31-2005, 03:12 PM

Elbo hit the nail on the head. Any structure will help out big time. If you are going out to C buoy you are only about 2 miles from site 7, and you'll be going right near site 6. Either one of these might help produce bigger fish. As for stripers the water is still to warm for them to move in with any numbers. You might pick one or 2 up by chance, but they are going to be schoolies. I havn't heard of any stripers out of Indain River Inlet over 10lbs in over a month, and that means it's bad. Stripers need water temps under 72 to have enough oxygen. The water at G buoy was still 81 surface yesterday.

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